Surface Waves in Geomechanics: Direct and Inverse Modelling for Soils and Rocks (Paperback, 2005 ed.)

Theories of surface waves develop since the end of XIX century and many fundamental problems like existence, phase and group velocities, attenuation (quality factor), mode conversion, etc. have been, in part successfully, solved within the framework of such simple models as ideal fluids^ or linear elasticity. However, a sufficiently complete presentation of this subject, particularly for solids, is still missing in the literature. The sole exception is the book of I. A. Viktorov^ which contains an extensive discussion of fundamental properties of surface waves in homogeneous and stratified linear elastic solids with particular emphasis on contributions of Russian scientists. Unfortunately, the book has never been translated to English and its Russian version is also hardly available. Practical applications of surface waves develop intensively since a much shorter period of time than theories even though the motivation of discoverers of surface waves such as Lord Rayleigh stems from their appearance in geophysics and seismology. Nowadays the growing interest in practical applications of surface waves stem from the following two main factors: surface waves are ideal for developing relatively cheap and convenient methods of nondestructive testing of various systems spanning from nanomaterials (e.g.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Austria
Series:	CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, 481
Release date:	August 2005
First published:	2005
Editors:	Carlo G. Lai • Krzysztof Wilmanski
Dimensions:	244 x 170 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	386
Edition:	2005 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-211-27740-9
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Mechanical engineering & materials > General Promotions
LSN:	3-211-27740-4
Barcode:	9783211277409

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!